| 1. | Nicholas Edward Cave is a what musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and occasional actor, best known for his work in the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and his fascination with American music and its roots? |
| a. | | Australian |
| b. | | American |
| c. | | German |
| d. | | Russian
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| 2. | He currently resides in Brighton & Hove, in? |
| a. | | America |
| b. | | Russia |
| c. | | England |
| d. | | Germany
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| 3. | His father Colin was an English teacher and administrator, with a love of literature, and his mother was a librarian? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 4. | Guitarist and songwriter Rowland S. Howard joined the band in? |
| a. | | 1976 |
| b. | | 1977 |
| c. | | 1978 |
| d. | | 1979
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| 5. | From 1977 until their dissolution in what year the band explored various punk styles, often with rapid development: from Ramones riffing; through Bowie-esque New Wave; on to Post-punk expressionism; and then a malevolent mix of Stooges-esque audience provocation, brooding art-rock and noise? |
| a. | | 1981 |
| b. | | 1984 |
| c. | | 1987 |
| d. | | 1989
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| 6. | The Boys Next Door were a part of Melbourne's post-punk music scene in the late what? |
| a. | | 1960s |
| b. | | 1970s |
| c. | | 1980s |
| d. | | 1990s
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| 7. | The band were notorious for their provocative live performances which featured Cave shrieking, bellowing and throwing himself about the stage, backed up by harsh pounding rock music laced with guitar feedback? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 8. | Howard and Cave found it difficult to continue working together and both were somewhat exhausted from alcohol and? |
| a. | | drug use |
| b. | | abuse |
| c. | | jail time |
| d. | | rape case
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| 9. | While in Berlin, he released four albums with the Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead; Kicking Against the Pricks; Your Funeral, My Trial; and? |
| a. | | Tender Prey |
| b. | | Lunch Time |
| c. | | Come Get It |
| d. | | Love The Moment
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| 10. | Cave and the Bad Seeds released Murder Ballads, a collection of songs about murder in? |
| a. | | 1996 |
| b. | | 1997 |
| c. | | 1998 |
| d. | | 1999
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